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Congress and White House Accept Partial Shutdown

Friday, December 21, 2018

White House and
Congress Accept Shutdown
Fate;

Federal Families
to Pay the Price this Christmas

Washington,
D.C. – Today, the National Federation of
Federal Employees (NFFE), representing over
110,000 federal civil service employees,
expressed outrage at the failure of the White
House and Congress to reach agreement to keep
the government open during the holidays.The
lapse in funding beginning at midnight tonight
affects a large number of executive branch
employees from several Cabinet agencies and
many independent agencies.

“The holidays just bottomed out
for a half-million of America’s public
servants and their families,” stated Randy
Erwin, NFFE national president.“If
the shutdown continues for any length of time,
January is going to be a tough month for these
middle-class families as they struggle to pay
mortgages, credit cards, child care, and other
life expenses.”

Standard and Poor estimated that
the 2013 partial shutdown cost the economy $1.5
billion a day, on average.This
number is not adjusted for inflation today nor
does it reflect the impact of higher spending
during the holiday season.The
daily cost of this partial shutdown could be
even higher.

“Even if President Trump and
House Republicans refuse to recognize a
half-million middle-class working families as a
priority for the country, one would think they
care about the economy which is already showing
signs of free fall,” Erwin continued.“The
fact that this shutdown is occurring over the
holidays is a disgraceful failure of both the
Republican congress and the White House, and it
is an affront to the American people.This is
especially true considering Republicans had two
years of governing to get their priorities
done.”